PeterBerressem wrote:
How about \"engineered and designed in the US\"
Was it? Was the inverter designed by PCB or might it be a repackaged off-the-shelf component? If it was built (or tweaked) to PCB\'s specs by an offshore manufacturer, would that make it engineered in-house? Not really. Clearly, the battery wasn\'t engineered in-house. If I buy a Samlex pure sine wave inverter, an SLA battery, and a bag, and assemble them into a power supply, I don\'t think I could say I \"engineered\" anything; assembled, yes, engineered, no. In the case of the VML (again, assuming its parts are sourced offshore), perhaps \"conceived and assembled in the USA\" might be a more accurate declarative.
To cited guidance from the Federal Trade Commission one more time:
\"U.S. content must be disclosed on automobiles and textile, wool, and fur products. There’s no law that requires most other products sold in the U.S. to be marked or labeled Made in USA or have any other disclosure about their amount of U.S. content.\"
As I read this (and it\'s just a layman\'s reading), there is most likely no requirement that the VML case say anything regarding country of origin or parts content. However, inasmuch as it does, it then has to play by the rules and it appears that it does not. My interpretation is that the Made in USA attestation is there as a marketing device rather than as an accurate representation of where the product\'s component parts originate. Again, I would like nothing more than to be proven wrong.
Dave F.
Dec 29, 2010 at 01:37 PM
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